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Evaluation Of Periodontal Scaling Task And Development Of Force-Endurance Models For Simulated Scaling Task, Vettrivel Gnaneswaran
Evaluation Of Periodontal Scaling Task And Development Of Force-Endurance Models For Simulated Scaling Task, Vettrivel Gnaneswaran
Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Force exertion is critical in grasping and holding activities at sub-maximal levels. Exertion misjudgments lead to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) impairing performance and productivity. Published literatures on grasping have addressed the force balance and endurance issues for non-prehensile movements of hand. However, little information is available on the force exerted in precision gripping employed in health care. Professionals, especially dental hygienists, when treating patients adopt awkward postures for extended period leading to cumulative trauma. Literatures on cumulative trauma have identified force exertion to be an important risk factor. Lack of information on fatigue with precision gripping motivated this research to establish …
The Use Of Factor Analysis In The Development Of Hand Sizes For Glove Design, Trevor M. Mclain
The Use Of Factor Analysis In The Development Of Hand Sizes For Glove Design, Trevor M. Mclain
Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Factor analysis was used to develop a more detailed description of the human hand to be used in the creation of glove sizes; currently gloves sizes are small, medium, and large. The created glove sizes provide glove designers with the ability to create a glove design that can provide fit to the majority of hand variations in both the male and female populations. The research used the American National Survey (ANSUR) data that was collected in 1988. This data contains eighty-six length, width, height, and circumference measurements of the human hand for one thousand male subjects and thirteen hundred female …